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  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/

 package org.eclipse.ui;

 /**
  * Defines a reference to an IViewPart.
  * <p>
  * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
  * </p>
  */
 public interface IViewReference extends IWorkbenchPartReference {

     /**
      * Returns the secondary ID for the view.
      *
      * @return the secondary ID, or <code>null</code> if there is no secondary id
      * @see IWorkbenchPage#showView(String, String, int)
      * @since 3.0
      */
     public String getSecondaryId();

     /**
      * Returns the <code>IViewPart</code> referenced by this object.
      * Returns <code>null</code> if the view was not instantiated or
      * it failed to be restored. Tries to restore the view
      * if <code>restore</code> is true.
      */
     public IViewPart getView(boolean restore);

     /**
      * Returns true if the view is a fast view otherwise returns false.
      */
     public boolean isFastView();
 }

